Izmaylovsky Park

To the east, the park is limited by the main alley and to the west by Electrodny proezd and 1st and 2nd streets of the Izmaylovo menagerie.

[4] One of the biggest zoos in Europe at that time could also be found in the Izmaylovo Manor.After the death of Aleksey Mikhailovich the estates were abandoned and a lot of the buildings and facilities fell into decline.

When he was a child, Peter the Great used the territory and the gardens for his war games; the remains of the redoubts he built are still partially preserved.

He also constructed a Prosyansky (Zhukovski) dam on the Serebryanka river to form a pond, which was later used for the trial sails of the botik “St.

In 1839, the mansion was used as a hospice and a house for the veterans of the war with Napoleon, as well as a shelter for the widows and a small school for their children.

In 19th century a big effort was put into recovery and restoration of the forests and gardens on the territory of the future Izmaylovsky park that continued over the decades.

[6] In 1944, an underground station “Izmaylovsky park” was built to allow good transportation links with the other parts of the city.

Rarely observed in urban areas, the transitional bog of the forest has originated from growing of the sphagnum moss.